1999:
Tina Harding loved working at Sounds of Salsa. It was not so much the
perks of working at Pine Valley’s newest and trendiest club, but
its owner, the very married Mateo Santos. Tina did anything she could
to impress Mateo. Though Mateo paid no attention to her, Mateo’s
new partner Adrian Sword did. Adrian asked Tina to be hit date at the
Crystal Ball.

2000-01: Tina was falling in love with Adrian. Tina revealed
she had commitment issues stemming from her upbringing in foster care.
Adrian was more serious about the relationship than she was. Adrian need
to leave town abruptly when he learned that his father, Fred Dawson, had
suffered a stroke. Adrian asked Tina to come with him, but she hesitated.
Tina got a job as a teacher to the hearing impaired. They wanted to transfer
her to Alabama, where Adrian now was. Tina saw it as fate’s sign
that she and Adrian were meant to be together. She took the job and left
Pine Valley to be with the man she loved.